真直な小便穴や門の雪
massuguna shōben ana ya kado no yuki
such a straight
piss hole!
in the snow by the door
—Issa
(Tr. David LaSpina)
("Temple in Snow" by Kawase Hasui)
Good old Issa. He wrote a number of haiku about peeing. Talking about such things wasn't as rude in his time as it is in ours; also, as a poor person and as a Buddhist monk, he had no hang-ups about natural body acts. Indeed, he took joy in them (and in everything!) We can feel his child-like glee in coming across this pee-hole outside. Such an amazing accomplishment!
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